June 13, 2010
Part One:
After grabbing Korean BBQ with my sister and her friends, we went to a HEAVILY ex-pat populated tavern where… at 2:30 AM… they were showing the UK vs US FIFA match (football for you UK people, soccer for my US peeps, and futbol for my inner Portuguese-loving persona~)!
The place was SO crowded, and had two large projecting screens on both sides of the outdoor-covered-area that we were in… and was basically divided between the British and American fans! It was SO much fun, since everyone was being so patriotically loyal, singing (well, more like YELLING, haha!) their own national anthems before the match – by the way, I never knew before how similar/copied the UK and US anthems’ tunes are!!
The match was very exciting and fun, especially since the UK scored within the first FOUR minutes of them game (VERY worrisome, indeed!) and the UK fans were yelling out their fun British calls to their team (‘Come on, BOYS!’, ‘What the BLOODY HELL!’, ‘STEVIE G!!!’, ‘ROOOO-NAAY!’, ‘EEN-GA-LAND EEN-GA-LAND EEN-GA-LAND!!’, ‘You’re not singing anymore! [when the US side was being very quiet after the UK scored, haha!]’).
But, thank goodness we scored in the second half, eh? HAZAH!
Anyhow, that was a thrilling night, especially since, hands-down… watching soccer/football/futbol with foreigners is just SO much more vocal and fun! Seriously, I wish the US were more passionate about soccer just how other countries are! I know that the US already has American-football, basketball, and baseball, but… come on! Soccer’s great!! I look forward to watching other matches in both China and Thailand over the coming month!
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